In this episode Sophie and Laura watch the iconic 1978 classic from John Carpenter 'Halloween' and discuss Final Girls and poor choices.

Tangents include the comparisons of classic and contemporary horror films as well as DIY ghost costumes

This week Laura and Sophie watch John Erick Dowdle’s 2007 ’The Poughkeepsie Tapes’ (so you don’t have to) and discuss found footage films, cinematic treatment of violent content and the true crime cases that inspired ’The Poughkeepsie Tapes’. Tangents include ‘Cannibal Holocaust’, ’Se7en’ and the true crime community.

Articles:

https://screenrant.com/poughkeepsie-tapes-movie-true-story-real-fiction-explained/
https://diaboliquemagazine.com/talking-terror-stacy-chbosky/
https://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2012/06/visual-trends-a-history-of-the-found-footage-genre
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292670978_Reel_Evil_A_Critical_Reassessment_of_Found_Footage_Horror
https://screenrant.com/poughkeepsie-tapes-movie-release-delay-10-years-explained/

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In this episode Laura and Sophie watch Drew Goddard’s 2011 ‘Cabin in the Woods’ and discuss the meta genre, societal frameworks, human fascination with mortality and pitching their rewrites for the ending. Tangents include the true crime community, zombie apocalypses and Sophie’s obsession with “smelly stoner boys”.

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Articles

https://www.avclub.com/almost-every-horror-reference-in-the-cabin-in-the-woo-1798273659
https://medium.com/@jamesandrews10/whats-the-meta-how-the-cabin-in-the-woods-subverted-horror-67978839584b
https://screenrant.com/cabin-woods-behind-scenes-facts/https://thecabininthewoods.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560199/facts-about-the-cabin-in-the-woods

In this episode Laura and Sophie watch David F Sandberg’s 2016 movie ‘Lights Out’ and discuss childhood trauma, the representation of depression in horror films, and draw some comparisons with The Babadook. Tangents include raccoons, reaching a truce over Matthew Lillard, Charlie Swan and naming babies with old people's names. 

If you or anyone you know is suffering from depression, or any kind of mental illness, please reach out for support  and know you are not alone: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/services/Pages/support-contact-list.aspx

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Articles:

https://www.avclub.com/lights-out-director-david-sandberg-defends-the-ending-o-1798250209

https://www.avclub.com/the-scariest-thing-about-lights-out-is-what-it-says-abo-1798188358

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/19/lights-out-review-david-sandberg-horror-film

https://www.indiewire.com/2016/07/lights-out-director-david-sandberg-explains-film-ending-1201711861/

Original short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUQhNGEu2KA

In this episode Laura and Sophie watch James Wong's 2000 film 'Final Destination’ and discuss campy horror, the best ways to go and finally a good final girl? Tangents include Wonderwall, chip flavours and the hills we'll both die on

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In this episode Laura and Sophie watch Fede Alvarez’s 2013 reboot ‘Evil Dead’ and discuss evolving horror movie trends, movie pacing and practical effects.

Tangents include forgetting character names, Mary Vincent, 5G and another disappointing final girl.

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Bruce Campbell interview

Woodhill Forest

BTS Clips

​​Part One

Part Two

Part Three

Part Four

B-Roll - Blood Rain

B-Roll - Hauntings in the cabin

B-Roll - Variety

B-Roll - variety

In this episode Laura and Sophie watch Sam Raimi’s 1981 ‘The Evil Dead’ and discuss smoking marjuana, how the body holds trauma and forgetting character names. Tangents include tequila shots, 'The Evil Dead' 2013 remake, blue and yellow and proposals.

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Read Stephen King’s 1982 Review that Saved ‘The Evil Dead’

10 Behind The Scenes Facts About The Evil Dead

Sam Raimi interview - 1982

Sam Raimi Gives Us an Evil Dead History Lesson

In this episode Laura and Sophie watch Karyn Kusama’s 2009 ‘Jennifer’s Body’ and discuss female friendships, horror trope inversions and the male/female gaze. Tangents include terrible fashion, our love for Adam Brody (Seth Cohen) and the circles of Hell.

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YOUTUBE 

The Female Gaze

Jennifer's Body - The Dead Pool

Jennifer's Body - Behind The Scenes

Megan Fox, The Self-Aware Sex Symbol

ARTICLES

Cody exorcises demons from "Jennifer's Body"

‘Jennifer’s Body’ Deserves a Cult Classic Status

Queer coding and a cult classic: Reclaiming Jennifer’s Body

Male Gaze and Bad Marketing Make "Jennifer's Body" an Underrated Feminist Horror Movie

Reclaiming Her Body: ‘Jennifer’s Body’ & Why We Need Diverse Storytellers

Watching ‘Jennifer’s Body’ Only Get Marketed to Teen Boys Was Painful

Smells Like Teen Vomit: Abjection, Unruliness and Genre in 'Black Swan' and 'Jennifer's Body'

Patriarchy, Possession and Power in Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema

Friday the 13th: Happy Friday the 13th ya little devils! In this bonus episode of Little Show of Horrors, Laura and Sophie watch (you guessed it) Sean Cunningham’s 1980 Friday the 13th, and discuss survival skills 101, the Reagan era, and disappointing final girls. Tangents include tree climbing, jorts and low cut shirts, the food chain and The Evil Dead.

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Links:

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th

https://www.livescience.com/49809-freaky-things-friday-the-13th.html

Video essay on slasher films under the Reagan administration

Making of Friday the 13th

Friday The 13th - Crystal Lake Victims Tell All

Join us in our drinking games:

• When anyone dies toast to their life and take a sip
• Take a sip for each boobie you spot
• Whenever anyone says Jason take a drink. If they use his full name take two drinks.
• Drink whenever you hear the infamous about-to-murder sound effect. (chh.. chh.. chh.. ah! ah! ah!)
• Teens are drinking, having sex, doing drugs. 
• You get freaked out by a false scare .
• Somebody gets killed in a refreshingly inventive new way.
• You get a POV shot from the killer
• Someone decides -- against all logic and common sense -- to investigate something strange. 

In this episode Laura and Sophie watch Jennifer Kent’s 2014 The Babadook and discuss the exploration of grief in the horror genre and the real life horror that haunts us all, parenthood.

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Interesting articles:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17540739211022815

https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2020.160110

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/mourning-through-horror-movies

https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/hereditary-the-babadook-dont-look-now-how-horror-films-help-us-cope-with-grief-death-and-loss-4554211.html

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(14)00014-5/fulltext

https://temple-news.com/horror-movies-perpetuate-mental-illness-stigma/

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180828-how-cinema-stigmatises-mental-illness